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Civil War
Leander A. Wilkins
Sergeant · U.S. Army
Company H, 9th New Hampshire Infantry
30 July 1864 · Petersburg, Virginia
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- Civil War
- Home state
- New Hampshire
- Action
- Petersburg, Virginia
The citation
Official citation
Recaptured the colors of 21st Massachusetts Infantry in a hand_to_hand encounter.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
